Comments on: Beer, Beans, and Slugs

By: businessclix

businessclix — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 07:21:08 +0000

my garden is full of bush bean plants right now they are all flourishing in florida right now.

I am not currently having any problems with snails or slugs on my beans, but they do go for my tomatoes.

this is an excellent tip, thank you

By: John

John — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:41:27 +0000

I sure hope it works because my bean plants are starting to look pretty dead. Thanks for the bright idea!

By: Andrew

Andrew — Mon, 11 May 2009 06:37:32 +0000

Great post! I have just gotten into growing my own food and I know that I have slugs because they come into my house from time to time under the front door. I think I’ll put out some beer and see what I catch. The cat might get drunk though. =)

By: Sally

Sally — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 23:44:25 +0000

Thanks for the comment. We have just started gardening and couldn’t find the culprit for the holes in our bean plant leaves. We watered the other day and saw at least a dozen slugs and didn’t know how to rid ourselves of them without a lot of harsh chemicals. This is great.

By: James Mann

James Mann — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 13:02:06 +0000

Well I have been scratching my head trying to figure out what was eating the leaves from my squash and you may have just given me the answer.

I will have to go out tonight with a flashlight and see if any of those little slugs are feasting on my leaves.

We don’t have alcohol in the house so if it’s slugs I will have to get a beer from my neighbor.

Thanks for the tip.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:14:39 +0000

Great to see someone else is catching slugs and snails with beer!
My grandmother (who doesn’t drink) taught me this one, I was catching 50 snails a night in my new house till I culled the population down.